I have two questions for you. 1. “What if training wasn’t an option?” Asking this first, simple question at the point of solution discussion can be a game changer for the learning function and the organizations they support. Here’s why: The belief of most outside of L&D is that “learning” = training. If you take […]
How do you create an organizational learning strategy? I was asked this recently so here’s my quick take having done this. First. It’s not about learning, it’s about *performance*. Get that straight away with all parties. You also don’t start with a strategy, you begin w/ a principled framework that 1. respects the work context/
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I’ve been consulting with a local non-profit organization over the past 12 months. After initially doing an assessment of needs (identifying issues with resiliency) we determined a course of action would be to complete their strategic plan (started in 2018). By doing so, they would have a 3 year flexible plan to help build their
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Recently someone shared how they use avatars or characters in an elearning course. Some of the uses were: Yes, these are creative and scalable but my first thought was how… as in how did we get here??? and Is this really better than say: We’d really choose to have our employees create and others complete courses
Transparency and openness are simply invitations. Transparency is an invitation to see how the sausage is made so to speak and Openness is an invitation to help make the sausage. Today, to “see how the sausage is made” is a metaphor regarding business practices. There was a time however in the US where this phrasing
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